Letters -- Published Dec. 27, 2013

To the person who found my wife's cane at Target on Pacific Avenue, we want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

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Posted Dec. 27, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Dec 27, 2013 at 1:21 PM

Posted Dec. 27, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Dec 27, 2013 at 1:21 PM

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To the person who found my wife's cane at Target on Pacific Avenue, we want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

That is a very special cane, because my wife has very bad back, and it keeps her from falling down, and it also helps her to walk a little better.

So thank you, thank you, thank you.

Willis Hughes

Stockton

The Record scores in its coverage of female sporting events! Recently, I've noticed front-page sports section articles with color photos featuring local girls' and women's athletic events. Such positive publicity might encourage females to participate in their schools' sports programs.

Your coverage of last year's Bear Creek Invitational Wrestling Tournament ("Pinning Down Barriers") might have factored into more than 200 girls registering this year, more than the boys' participation. In that article, Lincoln High's Katie Kraft summed up the benefits of athletics for her: "The determination I use here, I use outside."

Katie and other female athletes are experiencing the benefits of sports pointed out by the American Association of University Women: Girls and women who play sports, compared with those who don't, have higher levels of self-esteem, more positive body images and higher states of psychological well-being. They are less likely to have unintended pregnancies, to smoke or to use illicit drugs, and are more likely to get better grades and to graduate than their non-athletic peers.

In support of female athletes, Stockton Branch AAUW visits monthly female sporting events at local school campuses from seventh grade through university level. Their message is, "Play - for this game and for your future well-being!"